usance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: usance	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usance n the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" Synonym(s): consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services accepted or habitual practice Synonym(s): custom, usage, usance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Usance \Us"ance\, n. [F. See {Use}, v. t.] 1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer. 3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. (Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.